UPnP from commandline in linux

Question

Is there a utility to forward ports on a simple home networking wireless router from commandline using upnp?

score 16 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 09 '11 at 00:07

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answered Apr 09 '11 at 00:07

Wesley

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 24 '23 at 18:31

You can use the miniupnpc library test client.
Use $ upnpc -r PORT PROTOCOL to automatically forward port to your current machine.

Example:

$ upnpc -r 13 TCP

…forwards port 13 to local port 13 when TCP is used.

On correct execution it will print a message like:

external 203.0.113.0:13 TCP is redirected to internal 192.168.1.5:13 (duration=604800)

…where 192.168.1.5 is your LAN IP and 203.0.113.0 you WAN (public Internet) IP.

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